A new accreditation scheme called 'Friendly Wi-Fi' will show whether an internet connection is child-friendly and free of inappropriate content. There is no known scheme in the world that's similar to the new accreditation, which was first suggested by online community Mumsnet. Businesses can choose to opt in and show the logo at their café, store, or restaurant,
Most motorists will consider in-car connectivity as a "key" feature when it comes to buying their next car, the results of a new survey suggest. The report was compiled by researchers from telecoms giant Telefónica, which questioned more than 5,000 consumers about their automotive preferences. Some 80 per cent of the respondents, who were spread
Brits on mobile phone contracts with Three will finally be able to access free Wi-Fi on the London Underground. Three is the final 'big four' telecom provider to offer the service, which has been available to O2, Vodafone and EE customers since 2012. Danny Dixon, Three's director of customer strategy, told techradar.com that customers will
Facebook is to provide free Wi-Fi to students in North Carolina in a move that education bosses say will provide a major boost to the popular 1:1 scheme. The 1:1 initiative was introduced in 2011 with the goal of ensuring all pupils have access to personal computers. So far, around 6,000 of the area's students
A new collaboration agreement involving three of the Asia's biggest telecoms firms is expected to provide a major boost to the accessibility of 4G in China. China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom recently signed a deal which will see them share basic infrastructure for data and voice coverage, with the particular goal of increasing the
US cable firm Comcast is expected to increase its focus on Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things (IoT) after purchasing Californian tech firm PowerCloud. PowerCloud, which is based in Palo Alto, specialises in building analytics software and web monitoring tools, with Wi-Fi management platform Skydog one of its flagship products. According to techcrunch.com, Comcast isn't
The length of time air passengers can use the free Wi-Fi service at Frankfurt Airport has been extended from just 60 minutes to 24 hours. Now, travellers passing through the airport heading on a summer holiday will be able to get online for free without having to worry about the restriction. More than 300 Wi-Fi hotspots are located in
Chip-making giant Qualcomm is set to create a new tri-band Wi-Fi platform by combining its own technology with that of Wilocity, a start-up it purchased this week. Using its own WiGig technology, Wilocity creates 60GHz chipsets which are capable of supporting multi-gigabit wireless streaming. They also make extremely fast file transfers possible, mobileworldlive.com reports. WiGig,
Some 76 per cent of hospitality venues believe guests don't think that Wi-Fi is as important as other facilities or services, a new survey from Netgear shows. Almost half (43 per cent) of hotels and similar venues also think that customers are happy to put up with a poor or non-existent Wi-Fi connection as long as
A new Wi-Fi service installed in 60 mini-bus taxis in South Africa has had a huge take-up so far and is proving to be very popular among passengers.The service was developed by the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and wireless firm Wi-Taxi, reports businesstech.co.za. It's been almost a month since it launched, but Brian Mdluli from Wi-Taxi claims
